Garment-hanger support.



E. SURAGHAN.

GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED JAILZS, 190s.

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GARMENT HANGER SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 25, 1908.

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GARMENT-HANGER surron 'r.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application filed January 26, 1908. Serial No. 412,668.

- and useful Improvements in Garment- Hanger Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hanger -,supports and the object thereof is to provide a device of such class in the manner as heremafter set forth whereby it can be conveniently mounted upon the top of a door or.

other support and when so mounted will be in position for supporting one or more garment hangers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger support in a manner as hereinafter set forth and which is particularl adapted for use in connection with a door o a closet or wardrobe and provided with means adapted to overlap the top of the door whereby the support is connected to the door and said means'furthermore being so constructed as not to interfere with the moving of the door to closing position when occasion so re uires.

A further ob ect of the invention is to provide a garment hanger support in a manner as hereinafter set forth which can be readily set up and removed from supporting position and embodying a foldable suspension member-which when the device is not in use can I be shifted to a nesting osition whereby the device will be unusua y com act and conveniently placed in a piece of baggage and re uire but little space.

urther objects of the invention are to provide a garment hanger support which shall be extremely sim le in its construction, strong, durable, folda le, unusually compact when folded, conveniently set up to supporting position, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompan 'ng drawings which form a part of this ap li cation and wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to' be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereunto appgnded.

- the. drawings wherein like reference characters have corresponding parts throughout the corresponding views, Figure 1. is a perspectlve view showing the adaptation of a garment hanger support in accordance with tlns invention mounted upon the door of a room or closet, the door being in open posit1on"and broken away at its bottom.- Big. 2 1s a perspective view of a garment hanger support 1n accordance with this invention when extended. Fig. 3 is a like view when closed, and 4 is a sectional side elevation of a closet with the top closed, showing the adaptation therewith of a arment hanger support in accordance with tln's invention.

A garment hanger support in accordance with this lnventionis'designed primarily as what may be termed-a traveler's companion and is so constructed as to re uire a small amount of space in apiece of aggage and furthermore so constructed as to enable the support to bereadily connected to a door of a room or closet or other upri ht, without the employment of hold-fast (ivices, such as screws, nails and the like, whereby the support will be positioned for the reception of garment hangers or other suitable means for sus ending c othes.

eferring to the drawings in detail, a garment hanger support in accordance with this invention comprises a vertically extending member 1 provided with an' elongated verticall extending slot 2 having its lower wall roun ed as at 3 and its up er wall squared as at 4. The inner face of the member 1 at its top is cut away as at 5 to form a shoulder 6 against which abuts the lower edge of the body portion of a coupling member 7, the latter at its upper end having a portion bent at right angles as at 8 and the remaining portion bent downwardly as at 9 so as toextend in parallelism with respect to the body portion of the said coupling member 7. The bending of the coupling member in a manner as indi cated at 8, 9 provides the upper end of said member with a hook-sha ed end. The coupling member 7 is forme from a flat plate of relatively thin metallic material the thickness of the plate being such as not to interfere with the closing of a door which carries the support when it be desired. In this connection it will be stated that the coupling member 7 is adapted to overlap of the door which is indicate by the refer- 'ence character 10,the position of the coupling member 7 being clearly shown in Figs. 1

and 4 when the garment han er support is in operative position. The body portion of the the top edge coupling member 7 is of such length as to project above the to edge of the member 1, as clearly shown in ig. 4 and such'arrangement in connection with the forming of the con ling member 7 of relatively thin material Wlll not offer any obstruction to the closing of the door, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The garment hanger support further con1- prises a foldable suspension member 11 which is adapted to receive the garment hangers 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The suspension member 11 at its inner end is rounded as at 13 and its outer end squared as at 14, the ends of the suspension member 11 corresponding in contour to the top and bottom walls of the slot 2. The width of the suspension member 11 is such as to readily engage in the slot 2 when the said member is folded, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The inner end of the suspension member 11 is pivotally connected to the vertical member 1 and for such purpose a headed bar 15 extends transversely through the member 1, throu h the sus ension member 11 and carries aTiold-fast evice 16 in the form of a nut engaging the threads upon the bolt, whereby the latter is retained in position. The opening in the sus ension member 11, through which the hea ed bolt 15 extends, is of such diameter as to allow the member 11 to freely pivot upon the bolt 15. The outer end of the suspension member 11 is provided with an opening 17 through which is ada ted to extend one end of a flexible and shifta le suspension member, shown b way of example, as a chain 18. That en of the chain 18 which passes through the opening 17 is secured to the suspension member 11 through the medium of a du lex eye bar 19. The body portion of the Tatter extends through the terminal link 18 of the chain, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, whereby the chain 18 is coupled to the member 11. The eye bar 19 is fixedly secured to the suspension memberv 11 by hold-fast devices 20 which project through the eyes of the bar 19 and enga e in the member 11. The other end of the c ain 18 passes through an opening 21 formed in the body portion of the coupling member 7 and that end of the chain 18 which asses through the opening 21 carries an e arged loop 22 which prevents the separation of the chain 18 from the coupling member 7.

The Weight of the chain 18 with respect to the suspension bar 11 is such that when the member 1 is positioned in the manner as shown in Figs. 1 or 4 and the loop 22 released, the member 11 will assume a position at right angles with respect to the member 1 by gravity. The pivotal point of connection between the members 1 and 11 is so positioned with respect to the member 11 that when the latter extends at right angles with respect to the member 1, the inner end 13 of the said member 11 will project rearwardly sition when the hangleir from the member 1 and engage the door, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 and when the garments are suspended upon the member 11, the weight thereof will tend to lower the bar 11, but such movement is arrested owing to the engagement of the inner end of the bar 11 with the door, such action thereby tending to rigidly hold the cou ling member from shifting upon the top e ge of the door, as will be evldent. Under such. conditions the hanger su port will be securely retained in position.

hen the device is not in use, the suspension member 11 is folded into the slot 2. The movement in one direction of the member 1 1 after it assumes a vertical position is arrested by the lower part of the body portion of the coupling member 7, said lower art extending across the top of the slot 2. he chain 18 is then wrapped around the two members and the hanger support is then very compact as will be evident.

To prevent the inner end of the foldable suspension member 11 from damaging the door when the hanger support is inoperative position, the inner end 3 of said member 11 1s provided with a yieldable or resilient rotector, as shown by way of exam le a strip of cushioningmaterial as indicate by the reference character 23, the strip 23 being secured in any suitable manner to the member 11 and not only acts as a protector but furthermore is what may be termed an antislipping medium so as to assist in preventing the inner end of the member 11 shifting transversely with res ect to the door. As the protector preferab y is formed of rubber, it is evident that it will act to create friction, thereby arresting to a material extent the shifting of the member 11.

What I claim is 1. A garment hanger support comprising a stationary and a foldable member, said stationary member formed with an elongated slot adapted to receive the other member when folded, means for pivotally connecting the two members together, a couplin member connected to the stationary mem er and constituting a sto ment of the folda 1e memberin one direction, said coupling member adapted to refor limiting the movetain said stationary member in vertical posu port is in operative osition, and a s ftab e flexible connection etween said stationary and said foldable member and adapted when the support is in operative osition to retain said foldable member at rig t angles with respect to said stationary member.

2. A garment hanger support comprising a stationary and a foldable member, said stationary member formed with an elongated slot adapted to receive the other member when folded, means for pivotally connecting the two members together, a couplin member connected to the stationary meml aer and ment of the folda for limiting'the movee memberin one direction, said coupling member adapted to retain said stationary member in vertical posiconstituting a stop 1 .tion when the hanger support is in operative position, and a shiftable flexible connection etween said stationary and said foldable member and adapted when the su port is in operative position to. retain s'ai foldable member at right angles with respect to said b stationary member, and said coigilinglmemat s - ber formed of a relatively thin eet of material, projecting from one end of the stationary member and having said projecting end hook-sha ed.

3. A -p0rta 1e garment hanger su port comprising a vertically extending mern er, a

suspension member pivoted to and adapted to nest in said vertically extending member,

a coupling member secured to said verticallyextending member and adapted to con le said member to a support, and a flexi 1e member connected at one end to said suspension member and slidably extending through said coupling member.

4a portable garment hanger support comprising a stationary and a foldalble sus- BBIISIOII member, said stationary member aving an elongated slot, said foldable member pivoted to said stationary member at the lower end of said slot and adapted to nest in saidslot, a coupling member secured to said stationary member whereby said member can be 0011 led with a-su port, and a shiftable flexib e'connection etween said foldable member and said "coupling member, said flexible connection slidably extending throu' b said cougling member.

5. garment anger support comprising a stationary and a foldable member, said stationary member formed with an elongated slot adapted to receive thefold-able member,

-means for pivotally connecting said foldable member to said stationary member at a oint near the lower end of said slot, a coupin member formed of relatively thin materia and secured to said stationary member whereby said latter member can be con led with a suitable support, and a shiftable exible connection between said stationary and said foldable member and adapted when the sup ort is in operative position to retain saui foldable member at right angles with res ect to said stationary member. 7

n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDMOND S'ORAGHAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. NORRIS, 512, J. FRED. KELLEY; 

